For the quarter ended March 2025, Coherent (COHR) reported revenue of $1.5 billion, up 23.9% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.91, compared to $0.53 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.44 billion, representing a surprise of +3.97%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +5.81%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.86.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Coherent performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenues- Materials: $236.70 million versus $236.16 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -1% change.
- Revenues- Networking: $897.30 million compared to the $842.47 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +45% year over year.
- Revenues- Lasers: $363.90 million compared to the $359.34 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +3.7% year over year.
- Revenue by Market- Instrumentation: $95.62 million compared to the $100.73 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -2.7% year over year.
- Revenue by Market- Communications: $896.99 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $835.13 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +45.7%.
- Revenue by Market- Industrial: $439.55 million versus $429.76 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +4.4% change.
- Revenue by Market- Electronics: $65.72 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $72.64 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -10.7%.
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Shares of Coherent have returned +35.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +10.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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